See also
Husband:
Spencer Stephen Leek (1848?-1886)
Wife:
Sarah Clark (1845?-1885)
Children:
Marriage:
29 Nov 1873
Spencer a moulder, Sarah as Sarah Green, both of full age, single and of Walton le Soken, by banns, groom's father Timothy Leek baker, bride's father Benjamin Clark labourer, witnesses Joseph Daniels and Sarah Bates
Name:
Sex:
Male
Father:
Mother:
Occupation:
Birth:
May 1848 (app)
Baptism:
20 Mar 1850 (age 1)
St. John's Church, St. John's Hill, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England8 9
son of Timothy Leek and Mary
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 2)
Thoroughfare, Woodbridge, Suffolk, England4
son aged 3 as S S Leek, living with parents, two siblings and a nurse. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 12)
Turret Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England5
son aged 13 single as Spencer St Leake, attending school and living with parents and a sibling. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 22)
Wickham Market, Suffolk, England6
son aged 23 single as Spencer S Leek, moulder living with parents. Born in Woodbridge Suffolk
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 32)
Woodbridge Road, Wickham Market, Suffolk, England10
lodger aged 35 married, moulder living with Henry Clouting and family. Born in Woodbridge
Death:
Oct 1886 (age 39)
East Suffolk Hospital, Anglesea Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England11 12 13
both SFHS Burial index and NBI say age was 36
Burial:
25 Oct 1886
Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England12 13
aged 36 and of Ipswich Union House
Name:
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Occupation:
stay maker16
Birth:
1845 (app)
Census:
30 Mar 1851 (age 5-6)
Rush Green, Great Clacton, Essex, England18
daughter aged 8 unmarried, at home living with parents, three siblings, an aunt and her two children. Born in Great Clacton, Essex
Census:
7 Apr 1861 (age 15-16)
Rush Green, Great Clacton, Essex, England19
daughter aged 18 unmarried, living with parents and four siblings. Born in Great Clacton, Essex
Census:
2 Apr 1871 (age 25-26)
Tendring Union Workhouse, Heath Road, Tendring Heath, Essex, England17
pauper aged 27 married, wife of a brewers labourer. Born in Great Clacton, Essex
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 36)
St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16
married boarder working as a stay maker and living with Thomas Buckenham and family, sons Spencer and Herbert, and daughter Elen. Born in Great Clacton Essex
Death:
Jan 1885 (age 40)
Burial:
5 Feb 1885
Ipswich Old Cemetery, Belvedere Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England13
aged 40
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Occupation:
foundry machinist then a machinist for E R & F Turner23 24 25 26
Birth:
28 Apr 1874
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 7)
St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16
son attending school and living with Thomas Buckenham and family, his mother Sarah, brother Herbert, and sister Elen. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk
Census absence:
5 Apr 1891 (age 16)
no trace in the census, he was probably in care or in service as parents had died, younger brother was in the workhouse
Military Beginning:
7 Feb 1899 (age 24)
Ipswich, Suffolk, England25
enlisted in the 1st Volunteer Battalion Suffolk Regiment
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 26)
16 Milner Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England23
married head of the household working as a machinist in an iron foundry and living with his wife Emma. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk
Address:
2 Apr 1908 (age 33)
151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England25
Military Service:
frm 2 Apr 1908 to 1 Apr 1916 (age 33-41)
British Army 4th Battalion Suffolk Regiment no:8325
machinist for E R & F Turner living at 151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, promoted to Corporal 1910 and Sergeant 1915, served at home 5 August 1914 to discharge due to the expiration of his period of engagement
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 36)
151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England24
married head of the household working as a machine operator in an iron foundry and living in six rooms with his wife Emma, son Arthur, and daughters Nellie and Alice. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk
Medals:
1 Apr 191625
Territorial Efficiency Medal
Census:
19 Jun 1921 (age 47 yrs 2 mns)
151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England26
married head of the household working as a machinist for E.R.F Turners of College Street Ipswich and living in six rooms with his wife Emma, son Arthur, and daughter Alice. Born in Wickham Market Suffolk
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 65)
151 Rosehill Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, England27
a widowed peam (sic) horizontal boring? machine operator (heavy worker) living with his daughter Alice. Born on 28th April 1874
Death:
22 Feb 1949 (age 74)
Probate:
23 Apr 1949
Probate Registry, Arcade Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England28
of 606 Nacton Road Ipswich died 22nd February 1949, administration of effects of £725 8s 5d (~£23,000 in 2017) to Alice Elizabeth Pinner (wife of George Ernest Edward Pinner)
Name:
Ellen Leek29
Sex:
Female
Nickname:
Nellie
Spouse:
Birth:
24 Nov 1875
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 6)
St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16
daughter attending school and living with Thomas Buckenham and family, her mother Sarah, and brothers Spencer and Herbert. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census absence:
5 Apr 1891 (age 15)
no trace in the census, she was probably in care or in service as parents had died, younger brother was in the workhouse
Census:
31 Mar 1901 (age 25)
Jolliffe Row, Merstham, Surrey, England30
married wife as Nellie Burrows living in two rooms with her husband Charles, son Dan and daughter Caroline. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
2 Apr 1911 (age 35)
92 Jolliffe Row, Merstham, Surrey, England31
married wife as Nellie Burrows living in four rooms with her husband Charles, sons Dan and John, and daughters Caroline, Nellie, Ivy and Noreen. Born in Ipswich Suffolk and married for twelve years with six children, all of whom are still living
Census:
29 Sep 1939 (age 63)
1 May Cottages, Mugswell, Surrey, England32
married doing unpaid domestic duties and living with her husband Chareles. Born on 24th November 1875. Note that her daughter Ivy and her family lived next door
Death:
Q4 1957 (age 82)
Surrey "Mid Eastern Registration District", Surrey, England33
Son: Herbert Arthur Leek
Spouse: Florence Anne Julian
Herbert Arthur Leek war memorial
Name:
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Occupation:
drummer in a military band36
Birth:
22 Nov 1879
Census:
3 Apr 1881 (age 16 mns)
St. Clements Church Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England16
son living with Thomas Buckenham and family, his mother Sarah, brother Spencer, and sister Elen. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Census:
5 Apr 1891 (age 11)
St. Johns Home, Bloomfield Street, Ipswich, Suffolk, England37
ordinary inmate pauper livign with an Arthur Leek aged 7. Born in Ipswich Suffolk
Military Beginning:
Oct 1894 (age 14)
as a drummer in the 1st West Yorkshire Regiment
Military Service:
frm 1894 to 1906 (age 14-27)
1st West Yorkshire Regiment36
in India and China
Census absence:
31 Mar 1901 (age 21)
abroad on military service
Military Ending:
1906 (age 26-27)36
being presented with a silver watch at his retirement by the bandsmen of his battalion
Military Beginning:
Jun 1909 (age 29)36
Lance Corporal in the 3rd (Reserve) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment being a musician in the band
Military Service:
Aug 1914 (age 34)
-36
appointed Sergeant Drummer no:8778 6th (Service) Battalion of the East Yorkshire Regiment
Military Service:
1 Jul 1915 (age 35)
-; Dardanelles, Turkey36
served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force
Death:
21 Aug 1915 (age 35)
Cause: in action
War Memorial:
Helles Memorial, Seddulbahir Koyu ic Yolu, Seddulbahir, Gallipoli, Turkey39
Sergeant 8778 of 6th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment, died 21st August 1915 aged 35, husband of Florence A Leek of 15 Norwood Grove Beverley, Yorkshire
Sarah's parents were Benjamin and Elizabeth Clark and she was previously married to George Green (c1839-c1870)
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring 1873 quarter:4 volume:4a page:525.
Marriage Certificate. Family Archive, Held by David and Sue Wilkinson.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Woodbridge volume:12 page:51.
England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:HO107 piece:1801 folio:653 page:20.
England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG09 piece:1164 folio:22 page:7.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG10 piece:1763 folio:122 page:20.
Ancestry UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk). record for Herbert Arthur Leek volume:2 page:200.
Church of the Latter Day Saints, FamilySearch, (www.familysearch.org). batch:C13195-2 sys:England-ODM film:952437.
Suffolk Records Office (Ipswich) - Parish Records. Woodbridge St. John fiche:1 of 11. Suffolk Record Office (Ipswich), Suffolk Record Office, Gateacre Lane, Ipswich, Suffolk, England.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich volume:4a page:461.
Suffolk Family History Society - Suffolk Burial Index, (2020 SFK-BUI/03-1 own copy). Ipswich Cemetery. Cit. Date: 24 February 2021.
The Federation of Family History Societies, National Burial Index for England & Wales v.3, (2010 own copy).
England and Wales Marriage Index 1837 - 2005, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Tendring volume:4a page:525 Surname Green.
Church Register. as on.
England and Wales Census 1881, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG11 piece:1874 folio:16 page:25. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.
England and Wales Census 1871, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).
England and Wales Census 1851, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).
England and Wales Census 1861, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk).
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1885 quarter:1 volume:4a page:517. Cit. Date: 4 September 2022.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Plomesgate 1874 quarter:2 volume:4a page:721. Cit. Date: 24 April 2022.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1949 quarter:1 volume:4b page:991. Cit. Date: 25 April 2021.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:1781 folio:76 page:6 schedule:46. Cit. Date: 23 April 2022.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:10828 class:RG78 piece:585 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:3 schedule:359. Cit. Date: 23 April 2022.
Ancestry British Army WWI Pension Records 1914-1920, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
England and Wales Census 1921, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive series:RG15 piece:9426 registration district:213 sub-district:2 enumeration district:3 schedule:30. Cit. Date: 31 October 2022.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:6607A page:23 line:20 letter code:TVNQ. Cit. Date: 23 April 2022.
UK Government Probate Service, UK Government Find a Will, (on-line at www.probatesearch.service.gov.uk, www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). Ipswich 1949 page:287. Cit. Date: 24 April 2022.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1875 quarter:4 volume:4a page:622. Cit. Date: 4 September 2022.
England and Wales Census 1901, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG13 piece:624 folio:137 page:19 scheule:127. Cit. Date: 7 January 2019.
England and Wales Census 1911, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG14 piece:3204 class:RG78 piece:120 registration district:37 sub-district:1 enumeration district:9 schedule:87. Cit. Date: 7 January 2019.
UK 1939 Register, (on-line at www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG101 piece:1872E page:20 line:22 letter code:DMAD. Cit. Date: 8 January 2019.
England and Wales Death Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Surrey Mid-Eastern 1957 quarter:4 volume:5g page:395. Cit. Date: 5 September 2022.
England and Wales Birth Index 1837 - 2021, (on-line at www.gro.gov.uk, www.findmypast.co.uk and www.ancestry.co.uk). Ipswich 1879 quarter:4 volume:4a page:695. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.
Ancestry UK, De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
Ibid. record for Herbert Arthur Leek volume:2 page:199. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.
England and Wales Census 1891, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk and www.findmypast.co.uk). National Archive reference:RG12 piece:1473 folio:169 page:5. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.
Ancestry UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919, (on-line at www.ancestry.co.uk).
Commonwealth War Grave Commission, (on-line at www.cwgc.org). Helles memorial panels 52 to 55. Cit. Date: 8 November 2020.